…trade agreements since 1994. Even as dairy exports have grown, assisted in sizable part by the arduous, careful negotiations of the treaties, in some cases we have “to work almost…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Sampling
…California. While compliance is still a crucial part of its activities, the Board now engages in production, nutrition and market research, advertising and promotion in domestic and international markets, quality…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…destinations, see Top 15 U.S. export destinations by fiscal or calendar year.) Sources of Growth in U.S. Agricultural Exports Since 1995, U.S. exports have expanded across bulk and high value…
Bus Stop Farmers Markets
Bus stop farmers markets, a new way to get your fresh produce on the go. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Bus Stop Farmers Markets From: Modern Farmer.com…
PMA Brings Fresh Produce Insight to White House Meeting on Trade Policy
…meeting reinforced for me TPP’s significance to PMA members’ prosperity and the merit of PMA’s work to advance global trade.” In 2014, U.S. companies exported almost $3.1 billion in fresh…
U.S. Should Be Better Prepared For Pests, Diseases
…the introduction of foreign pests and diseases can have severe consequences for agriculture production, consumer prices and, potentially, food availability. They also could adversely affect U.S. exports, with foreign trading…
Commodity Classic Farmer-Focused Topics & Issues Sessions
…the U.S. and around the globe—and how these conditions may affect commodity markets. “Healthy Soils, Happy Farmers: Reshaping 21st Century Conservation Management for Sustainability and Prosperity” will highlight the…
Agri View: GMO Production
…compare and contrast to our other fields. Our decision making is balanced by diversity of the markets we can access, the demand within those markets, and the productivity that we…
House Agriculture Committee Reviews State of the Rural Economy
…that concern being felt more acutely than in the cotton belt. While the actions of the Chinese and Indian governments continue to hammer cotton markets, threatening the very existence of…
February Dairy Market Report
…in world markets is transmitting low prices into the domestic nonfat dry milk and dry whey markets, while exports of butter and cheese remain well below levels of last year….
NCBA Urges Swift Action on TPP
…are extremely valuable markets for U.S. beef. We not only export steaks and ground beef, but this region demands high quality variety meats like beef tongue. Those products bring a…
CWT Assists with 2.1 Million Pounds of Cheese, Butter and Whole Milk Powder Export Sales
…products and related milk volumes reflect current contracts for delivery, not completed export volumes. CWT will pay export assistance to the bidders only when export and delivery of the product…
Lower Inventories, More Placements, Cattle On Feed Report
…is down 2% from last year. At 1.59 million had of fed cattle shipped out to the slaughter markets last month that would be the lowest number for the month…
Export Challenges Reflected In Latest Dairy Outlook
Lower export forecasts are a main part of February’s USDA milk supply and demand estimate. Export Challenges Reflected In Latest Dairy Outlook…